Lyse vs Lase - What's the difference?
lyse | lase |
(biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
(biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.
To use a laser beam on, as for cutting.
* 2010 (publication date), Daniel Lametti, "The Proton Gets Small(er)", , ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 67:
To operate as a laser, to release coherent light due to stimulation.
As verbs the difference between lyse and lase
is that lyse is to burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis while lase is to use a laser beam on, as for cutting.lyse
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* * ----lase
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(las)- The surgeon lased the elongated soft palate, cutting off the excess tissue and stopping the blood flow in one swipe.
- The physical chemist lased the atoms as they passed between the electrodes to study their motion.
- When a laser zaps an electron orbiting a proton, the electron undergoes what is called the Lamb shift, absorbing energy and jumping to a higher energy level. But instead of lasing electrons, Knowles examined protons with particles called muons, which he calls "the electon's fat cousin."
